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Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev

Also known as: Slavik, lucky12345, Pollingsoon

Charged, Publicly wanted

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Alleged administrator of the Gameover Zeus botnet.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

  • Remains at large with a US State Department reward of up to 3 million USD.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

Associated takedowns
Operation Tovar
Recorded role
Administrator of the Gameover Zeus botnet
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Charging jurisdiction
United States
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Publicly wanted, June 2014
Nationality
Russia
Country of residence
Russia

Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

1 source cited across 2 recorded actions

  1. [1]
    U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against 'Gameover Zeus' Botnet and 'Cryptolocker' Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator

    United States Department of Justice, June 2, 2014 Government release Source grade P1

    Disruption technique, Bogachev indictment, infection and loss estimates, partner roster

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index.